I want to wear a 'woman's' watch!

[knitware]

Hello!
Do any of you chaps wear a 'woman's' watch? There are watches that are obviously feminine but there are a few which are a woman's watch but only through description.

I love the look of this: Breitling CHRONOMAT AUTOMATIC 36
Stainless Steel - Mint Green
https://www.breitling.com/gb-en/watches/chronomat/...

or

https://www.breitling.com/gb-en/watches/chronomat/...

It's classed as a female watch but I think it should look great on a man, not too large, classic steel with a beautiful coloured dial and would suit the skinny, medium wrist.

I might go and see one!

[Macneil]

36mm is a reasonable size, looks great go for it.

[TO73074E]

Go for it. Does it matter what it looks like as long as you like it? Don't worry what anyone else thinks.

If you want opinions, personally I like both especially the green one.

[Richard-390a0]

Both nice looking & wouldn't even think of them being "female" watches if you hadn't pointed it out tbh!

[Wallace12R]

36mm for me is too small, my preference is 40mm as a minimum. As I say, that’s my preference.

The mint green does look great though and I’d happily wear it if it were bigger.

Different as it’s not a watch, but when I was younger I always used to buy women’s trainers as they seemed to have a much better choice of colour.

I guess what I’m trying to say is if you like it, wear it. Do you think anybody will actually know it’s a ‘woman’s’ watch? Other than us of course as you’ve just told us

[Funk]

Richard-390a0 said:

Both nice looking & wouldn't even think of them being "female" watches if you hadn't pointed it out tbh!

Same. Both very nice, I like the green one.

[richthebike]

Do it! The green 36mm Chronomat is an excellent choice on the bracelet. So comfy. The deep blue excellent too.

[x5tuu]

can't believe its made it so far without ...

[Ed T]

No issue at all in my opinion. In fact I think they are some of the nicest watches from Breitling I have seen. I prefer smaller watches and would now be max 40mm (42mm at a push if thin). I fancy a dress watch next and would only go 36mm as that is my opinion of what works well on my wrist and in the settings I would wear it. My dream would be a Vacheron Patrimony at 36mm which is marketed under the woman's section. It's only Marketing.

I also think the trend for smaller watches on men will continue

[Jamescrs]

The Green one looks very nice.

I wouldnt look at them and consider them to.be women's watches they would be too small for me as I have large wrists but that's an individual thing.

If you like it go for it.

[anonymous-user]

Can't see an issue, too many things that don't need to be are described as mens and womens. Some things I get but other things like this are daft. I'm currently wearing a pair of 'womens' trail shoes, exactly the same as the mens but different colour options

[Salted_Peanut]

Wallace12R said:

36mm for me is too small, my preference is 40mm as a minimum.

And me. I wouldn’t wear a 36mm watch, but YMMV.

[gregs656]

Ignore the marketing IMO.

[Audis5b9]

I switch between a 36mm and 40mm watch, and no longer wear any of my larger watches.

I don't get the current style of massive watches the size of your wrist...just a bit bling for me

[Stick Legs]

One thing I would look at is how much they are used.
‘Women’s watches’ don’t seem to hold their value as much as men’s do.

You may get a bargain.

[ARFBY]

It looks like Breitling Men are only allowed 40mm+, but Breitling women are allowed anything from 36mm - 44mm. Thats blatant sexism right there.

Joking aside, I think I prefer more of their ladies watches than mens.

[Snubs]

I'm surprised more brands don't follow the likes of Nomos. IIRC, they used to advertise watches as men's / women's / unisex, but looking at their website now it's just organized by product line with no mention of gender. The only concession I could see is that in the pictures, the ones that look like ladies watches (to me at least) had a lady wearing them. Just put your collections on the market for whoever fancies buying them.

[a_dreamer]

I'd go with the mint. I think watches are about personal preference. If you like it, get it.

[pistonheadforum]

Watch Dirty Harry (always on) or any other film from the 60s, 70s and you will see how large watches are a modern thing that appears to be more about marketing (seen from a far easier) rather than anything else.

The original Oyster perpetuals were 34mm I think and the modern Oyster perpetuals at that size still look great.

[MitchT]

Great looking watch. If you like it, buy it. I wear an old Omega Constellation that I bought more than 25 years ago. While it's a gents watch, it's 32.5mm and I wouldn't wear anything much larger as I'm light built so it wouldn't suit me.